LobSTR: A short tandem repeat profiler for personal genomes

Melissa Gymrek, David Golan, Saharon Rosset, Yaniv Erlich

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Abstract

Motivation. Short tandem repeats (STRs), also known as microsatellites, are a class of genetic variations consisting of repetitive elements of 2 to 6 nucleotides that comprise hundreds of thousands of loci in the human genome. The repetitive structure of these loci makes them prone to replication slippage events [5] that can reach a rate of 1/500 mutations per locus per generation [8], 200,000 fold higher than the rate of de novo single nucleotide polymorphims (SNPs) [1]. Given their high mutation rate and large allele space, STRs represent a significant source of genetic variation and have been used in a plethora of applications in human genetics including forensics [3], anthropological applications [7], and tracing cancer cell lineages [2]. Additionally, STR expansions are implicated in the etiology of a variety of genetic disorders, such as Huntingon Disease [6] and Fragile-X Syndrome [5].

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch in Computational Molecular Biology - 16th Annual International Conference, RECOMB 2012, Proceedings
Pages62-63
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event16th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 21 Apr 201224 Apr 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7262 LNBI

Conference

Conference16th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB 2012
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period21/04/1224/04/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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